P425/1

PURE MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
2020
3HRS

MODEL MOCK EXAMINATIONS2020

Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education

MATHEMATICS

PAPER 1

3 Hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES.

 All necessary working must be shown

 Section A is compulsory

 Answer only five in section B

N.B: Extra question(s) will not be marked

 Un necessary use of calculators/tables will lead to loss of marks.

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 SECTION A: (40 MARKS)

Answer all questions in this section

1. By using row reduction to echelon form, solve simultaneous equations

x + y−z=1
3 x+ 4 y −2 z=3
−x +¿ y +¿ 4z = 2 (05 marks)

2. The line y=mx meets the curve y 2=4 x at the origin O and at a point A. Find
the equation of the locus of the mid-point of OA as m varies. (05 marks)

3. If A, B and C are angles of a triangle, prove that

cos 2 A+ cos 2 B+cos 2C=−1−4 cos A cos B cos C (05 marks)

4. Differentiate tan
−1
( 1−x
2x
2) with respect to x (05 marks)

5. Find the perpendicular distance of the point (3 , 0 , 1) from the line whose

x−1 y +2 z
Cartesian equation is = = (05
3 4 12

marks)

6. Solve the inequality |1+21 x |<1 (05 marks)

π
2
7. Find ∫ x cos 2 3 x dx (05 marks)
0

8. A cylinder has radius r and height 8r. The radius increases from 4cm to 4.1cm;
Find the approximate increase in the volume (use  = 3.14) (05 marks)

SECTION B: (60 MARKS)

Answer any five questions from this section.

All questions carry equal marks
9. (a) If Z1 and Z2 are complex numbers, solve the simultaneous equations
4 z1 +3 z 2=23 , z 1+i Z 2=6+8 i giving both answers in the form x +iy
(06 marks)
(b) If ¿ Find a and b given that they are both real.
Give the two square roots of −5+12 i (06 marks)

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 10. (a) Find the equation of the circle which touches the line 3 x−4 y=3 at the
point ( 5 , 3 )∧ passes through the point (−2 , 4 ) . (05 marks)

3
(b) A curve has the parametric equations x=3 t , y= Find the equation of the
t

tangent to the curve at the point 3 t , ( 3t ). The point P has coordinates

(-5, 8) and the tangents from P to the curve touch the curve at A and B and
the length of chord AB (07 marks)

2
d y ( dy
−x
11. (a) If y=e ∈x , show that x 2
+ 2 x +1 ) + ( x+1 ) y=0 (05 marks)
dx dx

x+ 2
(b) Express the function f ( x )= as a sum of partial fractions.
( x +1 ) (2 x−1)
2

Hence find ∫ f ( x ) dx , correct to 4 decimal places (07 marks)

2

12. Two lines have vector equations

3 1
r = -1 + λ 2 and
1 -1

4 -1
r 4 + µ 1 Find the position vector
1 2

of the point of intersection of the two lines and the cartesian equation of the
plane containing the two lines.

x−6 y−1 z+1

(b) Find the acute angle between the line = = and the plane
5 −1 1
7 x− y +5 z=−5 , giving your answer to the nearest degree. (05 marks)

13. Find the coordinates of the points of intersection of the curves.

x x
y= and y= 2
x +3 x +1

Sketch the cures on the same diagram, showing any asymptotes or turning
points.
Show that the area of the finite region in the first quadrant enclosed by the
7
two curves is ln 5−3 ln 3−2 (12 marks)
2
2
5 x 75 x
14. (a) In the expansion of ¿, the first three terms are 1− +
2 8
Find n and a and state the range of values of x for which the expansion
is valid (06 marks)

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 (b) Expand ¿in ascending powers of x as far as the term in x 2
and hence find an approximation for √ 1.08 . Deduce that √ 12≈ 3.464
(06 marks)
15. (a) Solve the equation for −18 00 ≤ θ≤ 1800 , 3+2 sin 2 θ=2 sinθ+3 cos 2 θ (06 marks)
(b) Given that 3 sin x – cos x=R sin(x −α ¿ ¿¿) where R> 0∧0 0< α < 900 ¿ ¿ ¿, Find the values
of R and α correct to 1 decimal place.
Hence find one value of x between 0 0∧3600 for which the curve
y=3 sin x−cos x has a turning point (06 marks)
dy 2
16. (a) Find y in terms of x, given that x =cos y , x >0 and that
dx
π
y= when x=1 (06 marks)
3

(b) The rate at which a body loses temperature at any instant is proportional to
the amount by which the temperature of the body at that instant exceeds
the temperature of its surroundings. A container of hot liquid is placed in a
room of temperature.180C and in 6 minutes the liquid cools from 820C to 500C.

How long does it take for the liquid to cool from 26 0C to 200C? (06 marks)

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